The 1979 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 8th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Split, Yugoslavia between 21 and 29 September 1979 as part of the 1979 Mediterranean Games and was contested by 8 teams.[1]
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Yugoslavia |
City | Split |
Dates | 21–29 September |
Teams | 8 (from 2 confederations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Yugoslavia Ol. (2nd title) |
Runners-up | France Amateurs |
Third place | Algeria |
Fourth place | Greece Ol. |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 45 (2.81 per match) |
Participating teams edit
Eight teams took part in the tournament.
Federation | Nation |
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CAF Africa | Algeria (holders) Egypt Morocco Tunisia |
AFC Asia | No team |
UEFA Europe | France Amateurs Greece Ol. Turkey B Yugoslavia Ol. (hosts) |
Squads edit
Venues edit
Cities | Venues | Capacity |
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Split | Stadion Poljud | 35,000 |
Šibenik | Stadion Rade Končar | 8,000 |
Omiš | Omiš Stadium |
Tournament edit
All times local : Time zone (UTC+1)
Key to colours in group tables | |
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Advance to the Semi-finals |
Group stage edit
Group A edit
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Yugoslavia Ol. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 6 |
Greece Ol. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 |
Morocco | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
Egypt | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |
Morocco | 1–1 | Greece Ol. |
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Dolmy | ? |
Yugoslavia Ol. | 3–0 | Egypt |
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Primorac 21' Slišković 38' Zl. Vujović 74' |
Yugoslavia Ol. | 5–1 | Greece Ol. |
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Slišković 32' Pašić 43' Janjanin 62', 69' Primorac 83' |
Kourouzidis 79' |
Greece Ol. | 4–2 | Egypt |
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? | Nouh 3', 33' |
Yugoslavia Ol. | 2–1 | Morocco |
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Zl. Vujović 43' Šestić 76' |
Boussati 50' |
Group B edit
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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France Amateurs | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
Algeria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
Turkey B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
Algeria | 1–1 | France Amateurs |
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Bensaoula 54' | Ricort 8' |
France Amateurs | 1–1 | Turkey B |
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? | ? |
France Amateurs | 2–1 | Tunisia |
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? | Hergal 75' |
Knockout stage edit
Semifinals | Final | |||||
27 September | ||||||
France Amateurs | 2 | |||||
29 September – Split | ||||||
Greece Ol. | 1 | |||||
Yugoslavia Ol. | 3 | |||||
27 September – Šibenik | ||||||
France Amateurs | 0 | |||||
Yugoslavia Ol. | 3 | |||||
Algeria | 2 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
29 September – Split | ||||||
Algeria | 2 | |||||
Greece Ol. | 1 |
Semi-finals edit
France Amateurs | 2–1 | Greece Ol. |
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? | ? |
Third place match edit
Algeria | 2–1 | Greece Ol. |
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Belloumi 10' Assad (pen.) |
Cirikas 20' |
Final edit
Yugoslavia Ol. | 3–0 | France Amateurs |
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Pašić 24' Zl. Vujović 54', 77' |
Tournament classification edit
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||||
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1 | Yugoslavia Ol. | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 10 | ||||
2 | France Amateurs | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | –1 | 6 | ||||
3 | Algeria | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | ||||
4 | Greece Ol. | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | –4 | 3 | ||||
Eliminated in the group stage | |||||||||||||
5 | Turkey B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
6 | Morocco | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 2 | ||||
7 | Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | 1 | ||||
8 | Egypt | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | –5 | 1 |
References edit
- ^ "Split in History: 8th Mediterranean Games in 1979". Total Croatia News. Daniela Rogulj. May 4, 2017. Archived from the original on February 23, 2022. Retrieved November 19, 2017.